lottery; raffle; drawing (of lots)
third day of the month; three days
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
outdoors; outside; open air; fields; outskirts; suburbs
to sing; to sing (one's praises in a poem, etc.); to compose a poem; to recite a poem
vocal (performance); vocals; singing; vocalist; singer
tone-deafness; amusia; tone-deaf; off-key; having no sense (of something); being hopeless (when it comes to something)
and yet; though; when; in spite of
song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
face; visage; look; expression; honor; honour
a-ha-ha (laughing loudly)
reality; actuality; practice (as opposed to theory); truly; really; bhutakoti (limit of reality)
to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than
feeling; sense; impression
base; basis; base (e.g. military); depot; base; base bag
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
elementary school student; primary school student; grade school student
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
tsk tsk; oh-oh; huh; what's that?
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
now that you mention it; come to think of it; that reminds me; on that subject; speaking of which
to gnaw; to nibble; to bite; to dabble in; to have a smattering of
serious; not joking; straight
easy; smooth; without a hitch; quick
circumstances; condition; to arrange; to manage; to lend money; to raise money
member; participant; attendee; lineup (sport)
to be complete; to be all present; to be equal; to be uniform; to gather; to assemble
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
aim; object; expectations; prospects; something that can be relied upon; snack served with alcoholic drink; pad
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
foot; paw; leg; gait; pace; bottom structural component (i.e. radical) of a kanji; (arch.) money
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
movement; move; motion; trend; development; change
to be exhausted; to be worn out
to get worse; to deteriorate; to go from bad to worse; to spoil (of food); to go bad; to perish
fixing (in place); being fixed (in place); fixing (e.g. salary, capital); keeping the same; fixation (histology); user name (on an online forum like 2ch where the majority of users post anonymously)